Jeremy is a Lompoc native who moved back to the area in
2012. He’s always had an ear for music. Growing up, he played piano and was
involved in his fair share of garage bands bouncing between keyboard, guitar,
drums and vocals.

In a way, photography is in his blood. His grandparents
owned a studio capturing traditional portraits and weddings. While he had no
interest in photography growing up (assuming it was all limited to awkward
school portraits and bridal parties), one of his first jobs was retouching
photos in a camera shop. He finally picked up the camera in 2007 when he was
invited to document health and sanitation efforts in rural Africa. Capturing
the human story is ultimately what hooked him.

Jeremy worked for many years in fine dining which immersed
him in the local wine and food culture. He dabbled in photo shoots with
restaurants, tourist organizations and wineries to carefully to carve out his
niche for photography. In 2010, Jeremy and his wife, Michelle, founded Bottle
Branding — a media company that offers photography, film production and design
services primarily for the wine and food industries. Today, he is a widely
published photographer whose work has appeared in national publications
including The Somm Journal, The Tasting Panel Magazine, Wine Enthusiast and
Wine Spectator.

Diana and Rick Longoria were one of Jeremy’s very first
clients and he is honored to create the artwork for this year’s Blues Cuvée.